A-Level Art (Textiles)

Wilberforce Sixth Form College

Saltshouse Road, Hull, HU8 9HD

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Thursday, 01 October 2026

Wilberforce Sixth Form College

1 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

Application Instructions

Before submitting your application to Wilberforce Sixth Form College, please ensure the following information has been included:

Personal Details – including your home address, email address, contact number and school.
Predicted Grades – a full list of all your predicted grades.

Once your application is submitted, we will contact you via your personal email address. If you wish to change your course choices, this can be done at your interview—there is no need to submit a new application.

For further information or assistance, please contact liaison@wilberforce.ac.uk

Course Summary

Studying this course will open a multitude of doors for you within any creative industry. Our students have gone on to a broad range of successful careers which include fashion design, interior design, fashion journalism, costume design for theatre/film and as practising textile artists working in the industry.

A Level Textiles teaches you how to experiment with a broad range of techniques and work creatively developing your ideas.  You will find new and exciting opportunities to develop your skills and ideas around themes chosen by you.

WHO IS THE COURSE AIMED AT?

This course is for you if you are considering an art-related degree or career, if you want to broaden your knowledge of art and artists, enjoy seeing new approaches in art and questioning why things are the way they are.

Course Details

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

• Fashion design and illustration

• Garment construction

• Embroidery

• Appliqué and surface pattern/printed textiles

You will then have the opportunity to select your preferred specialist area and produce work responding to your own chosen theme. This work builds into a “personal investigation” which is worth 60% of your final grade.

The externally set assignment is 40% of the grade and is theme based. These themes are set by the exam board and you will develop ideas into a final outcome produced in 15 hours of focused work. Both of these units are internally marked and externally moderated.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Entry requirements

You must have a minimum of five GCSEs at grades 9-4, including English Language and Maths.

It is preferable that you have a minimum of a grade 4 at GCSE or Level 2 Merit in an art-based subject. If you don’t, you will need to bring a portfolio of work to your interview which we will review.

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EXPERIENCES

This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore Fashion & Textiles in many different forms. Past trips have included the New Designers Show in London, the V&A Museum and travelling exhibitions at regional museums. Our students are also given the chance exhibit their work both inside and outside college, with some even winning or being nominated for national awards.

PROGRESSION

A Level Art (Fashion and Textiles) is the perfect basis for a degree in an art-based or creative subject like Textiles or Fine Art. This Level 3 qualification can also prepare you for a higher-level apprenticeship.

OUTCOMES

Students who complete a qualification in Textiles go on to a wide variety of jobs. These can include: Illustrator, Fashion Designer, Textile Designer, Textile Technologist, Graphic Designer, Printmaker or Teacher, to name a few.

Additional information

https://www.wilberforce.ac.uk

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